#sanctification — Public Fediverse posts
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Richard Younge, a Calvinistic pamphleteer, makes the unsettling point that while grace is free, the presence—or glaring absence—of mercy toward the poor rather suggests something about the state of one’s soul. Not grace plus works, you understand—rather works as the unavoidable fruit. Curious, then, how some fret over prayer minutes yet balk at mercy.
#christian #devotions #grace #sin #blessed #sanctification #calvinist
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P. T. Forsyth, never one to miss an awkward fact, urges missions—and pauses to note a rather large moral upgrade: abolishing slavery. He calls it a great act of Christian righteousness that gave the U.S. real self-respect.
Today some want righteousness without God; others want God without touching injustice. Forsyth would raise an eyebrow.
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John Brown of Edinburgh, a Presbyterian, argues that Christianity alone breeds pity by teaching us we live on undeserved mercy. Grasp that, and the Spirit produces an active compassion—exactly what Jesus meant by “Be merciful” (Luke 6:36), not sentiment but action.
Oddly, those most offended by mercy to the undeserving in the body are often just as offended by mercy to the undeserving in the soul.
How active is your compassion?
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We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1863-11-19), “Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg [Gettysburg Address],” PennsylvaniaSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7581…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bless #burialground #casualties #cemetery #consecration #dedication #hallow #sacrifice #sanctification #war #lincoln
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Should also add, I got all smug doing the dishes on my lunchbreak whilst my daughter was eating cornchips. Then remembered she'd run the washing machine earlier... 😳 #Sanctification is a slow process 😆 #christian
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Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. 2 Timothy 2.21 NASB.
Prepare yourself for great works. Do away with all sin. Make no excuses.